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RS 38:2604 - Governing board; membership; tenure, vacancies, domicile

LA Rev Stat § 38:2604 (2018) (N/A)
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§2604. Governing board; membership; tenure, vacancies, domicile

The district shall be governed and controlled by a board of five commissioners, each of whom shall be a qualified elector of Bossier Parish residing within and owning property within the district. The successors to the present members of the board of commissioners shall be appointed as follows: one by the police jury of Bossier Parish; one by the mayor and governing authority of the city of Bossier City; one by the mayor and governing authority of the village of Benton; one by the Bossier Parish school board and the fifth, by the Board of Commissioners of the Bossier Levee District. Any vacancy in the office of commissioner, due to death, resignation or any other cause, shall be filled by the remaining commissioners for the unexpired term.

Each member of the board of commissioners shall serve a term of five years from the date of his appointment to the board.

The board shall be domiciled at Benton, Louisiana.

Added by Acts 1958, No. 292, §4. Amended by Acts 1966, No. 448, §2.

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